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USCATX

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  1. Maybe I’ll get tired of posting pics of crushing this year’s allocation season, but I’m not there yet.
  2. That’s more than $100 over secondary. I generally try to avoid paying secondary but EC18 has no competitors at the $225 secondary value so I don’t really mind it. But paying more than it would take to have it show up on your doorstep is madness.
  3. They’re fine, I have one from Tejas here in Austin and it’s better than the Deb’s Old Scout but not as good as the old numbered batches of Belle Mead Cask Strength Reserve. I also sampled the one at OLC and it was also pretty average. No humble brag, but it’s a mixer at my place. There’s enough Remus Repeal floating around for $15 more and 2x as old at 100 proof where MGP really shines for me to bother trying to find a honey barrel at 5-6 years.
  4. The Knob Creek 15 LE, Sam Houston 14 yr, Little Book Chapter 4 and Yellowstone 2020 LE are in that range and not terribly hard to find. Most $100 shelf turds are the suck, though.
  5. I have enough bourbon to outlast this, but not enough give a damn.
  6. This potential win aside, I want to make sure South Carolina knows that Clay Helton is definitely available.
  7. It’s $135 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. So generally a tough sell when Heaven Hill releases the same age product for $59. There’s also Doc Swinson’s releasing 15 year Heaven Hill for $149 if you want some high age, high cost action. My favorite independent bottler/NDP buy this year over $100 has been the Sam Houston 14 year. I love hundred proof and I love oak so it hits just right.
  8. Friendsgiving is going hard this year.
  9. I have a 105 open and 100 unopened. But I’ve been doing a relatively decent job of trading multiples of mid level stuff in the $100-$200 secondary range for bottles in the $300-$400 secondary range, so there’s that. Honestly my only regret is that going to whiskey bars is usually a disappointment now.
  10. Correct. Like this ‘17 M10 rye.
  11. I think that True Blue pick was $74.99 at Spec’s. Also grabbed an RHF today and traded for an ‘18 Yellowstone LE so life is good.
  12. If I won a 1792 single barrel I’d break something.
  13. Lots of walls of text today, so I bought a Buddha’s hand for the zest and made a ridiculously good old fashioned with the new Old Scout Rye, some Demerara syrup, a little angostura and a couple luxardos. And for a nightcap and SNF, Smokewagon UU neat. It really is a killer bottle for $57.
  14. Basically the opposite, more complex and less alcohol forward.
  15. I like Kentucky Spirit a lot, but it’s relatively easy to find single barrels which are typically insanely good and 10+ years old. They’re more low key than Russell’s picks or Rare Breed, more in line with the Master’s Keep Decades and 17 yr BiB profile. If you’re in TX ask your local Spec’s guy to see if any stores around you have any sitting around. They had at least 4 barrels in Austin/SA this summer and sold them at the same price as regular KS.
  16. The new 4 yr Old Scout is actually really good. The Redemption 10 yr barrel strength is usually around as well.
  17. Twice as old and expensive as Redemption Wheated but half as good? I’d buy at $56.99 but no more.
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  19. Damn. My Hancock’s, ECBP (C918, wtf) and MWND week is paling in comparison. I did find 5 each of WT Diamond Master’s Keep Decades in CO over the weekend but didn’t want to check another bag on the way home. I need to spend a week with a suburban stripping that state clean.
  20. That’s a great bottle and I grabbed as many as I could when they were around. Tons of age on that one with the Turkey spice, love it.
  21. One in Austin, one in SA.
  22. I’ve had the 9 yr low rye at a friend’s and own a bottle of the 10 yr high rye. It’s good but for whatever reason isn’t a go-to for me. The 9 year isn’t special, but I’m sure it will be sought after and hyped eventually.
  23. I definitely grabbed two EHT Rye and traded them away this year and at one point I saw them six deep on the shelf. My guess is there was a release mid summer.
  24. I’ve been sitting around waiting for the text, but nothing is showing up.
  25. Wait, is the Shhhhhh not allowed?
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